On 30 March 2023, the Ugandan Parliament’s Delegation led by Honourable Thomas Tayebwa, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament and comprised of the Chairmen of several Committees and members of the Parliament, visited the Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS) to meet with the Secretary-General, Mr Guy Lentz and the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Atsuko Hirose. Several ECS staff members also participated in the meeting.
The Secretary-General updated the Deputy Speaker on recent developments, including the...
The EighthUkrainian Energy Sector Damage Assessment reportis now available online. The report outlines new and updated information on how the war affected the Ukrainian energy system and covers damages inflicted on all energy sector facilities by the invading Russian military forces since February 24, 2022, and key changes in the Ukrainian energy sector from February 25 to March 24, 2023.
The report was prepared by the Task Force under the project, “Cooperation for Restoring the Ukrainian...
On 25 March 2023, Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Atsuko Hirose, attended an event hosted by H.E. Mr. Mahbub Hassan Saleh, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Belgium, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the European Union, to observe the “Genocide Day” of Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Genocide of 1971, the biggest massacre after the Second World War, is not yet recognized by the international community. The event marked the continuing efforts of Bangladesh to familiarise...
On 24 March 2023, the UA Task force members established within the Energy Charter Secretariat under the project, “Cooperation for Restoring the Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure” held the Fifth Coordination Meeting.
The meeting gathered representatives of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, the European Commission, the Danish Energy Agency, the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Ukraine, the Energy Community Secretariat, the German-Ukrainian Energy Partnership, the Japan International Cooperation...
The Depositary of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), Portugal, has confirmed reception of three written notifications of withdrawal from the ECT, which shall take effect on the following dates:
France: 8 December 2023
Germany: 21 December 2023
Poland: 29 December 2023
According to Article 47(3) of the ECT, all the investments covered by the Treaty at the time a withdrawal takes effect, will continue enjoying protection for 20 years.
The Secretariat is not aware of any other notification of...
On 17 March 2023, the Energy Charter Secretariat received a communication from Germany exercising its right under Article 17 of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to deny advantages of Part III of the ECT to any legal entity owned or controlled by citizens or nationals of the Russian Federation and without any substantial business activities, as well as to Investments of Investors of the Russian Federation.
On 14 March 2023, Engineer Shorouq Abdel Ghani, Director of the Planning and Organisational Development Directorate of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, accompanied by Mr Moatasem Al Basheer from the Jordanian Embassy in Brussels, visited the Energy Charter Secretariat to meet with the Secretary-General Mr Guy Lentz and the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Atsuko Hirose.
The Secretary-General discussed with Eng. Abdel Ghani the cooperation between...
The Fifth Report on Key Legal Developments in Ukraine's Energy Sectoris now available online. The fifth edition outlines the key legal developments from 21 January 2023 to 24 February 2023, followed by a concise but comprehensive overview of key legislative and regulatory changes introduced for the duration of martial law and as a part of ongoing energy sector reforms in Ukraine, from 24 February 2022 to 24 February 2023.
Since the full-scale military aggression by the Russian Federation was...
The Energy Charter Secretariat published the Annual Report 2022. The Report summarises the activities throughout the year and highlights the Mongolian Chairmanship of the Energy Charter Conference.
On 28 February, Secretary-General Lentz attended a meeting at the House of Representatives of the Belgian Federal Parliament at the invitation of the Committee on Energy, Climate and Environment. In his intervention on the proposed motion for resolution on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) before the House of Representatives, the Secretary-General clarified the outcome of the negotiations on the modernisation of the ECT and the implications of postponing the adoption of the proposed text. In...
The Seventh Ukrainian Energy Sector Damage Assessment reportis now available online. The report outlines new and updated information on how the war affected the Ukrainian energy system and covers damages inflicted on all energy sector facilities by the invading Russian military forces since February 24, 2022 and key changes in the Ukrainian energy sector from January 25 to February 24, 2023.
The report was prepared by the Task Force under the project, “Cooperation for Restoring the Ukrainian...
On 14 February 2023, the Secretary-General communicated to the European Parliament several clarifications to the resolution of the Parliament on the outcome of the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The original letter can be found in English, as well as in French and German (unofficial translations). Among other aspects, the communication clarifies that:
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change did not mention in its 2022 report on climate change mitigation that...
On February 9, 2023, the Secretary-General, Mr Guy Lentz, welcomed the three Ukrainian secondees to the Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS) and outlined the planned activities of the Task Force established within the project “Cooperation for Restoring the Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure” for the next six months.
Ms Viktoria Ruzhenkova, State Expert of the Expert Group for European and Euroatlantic Integration of the Directorate for Strategic Planning and European Integration, Ms Zalina Kriukova,...
Upon the successful completion of the secondment programme at the Energy Charter Secretariat, the final report of the Task Force established within the project “Cooperation for Restoring the Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure” is now available online. The final report outlines the activities, deliverables and achievements of the Task Force from 1 August 2022 to 31 January 2023.
The overall objective of the project "Cooperation for Restoring the Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure" is to assist the...
The Secretary-General, Mr Guy Lentz, expressed sincere gratitude to five Ukrainian experts for their dedication to the work of the Task Force established within the project “Cooperation for Restoring the Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure”, and congratulated them on the successful completion of secondment programmes at the Energy Charter Secretariat.
From 01 August 2022 to 31 January 2023, Ms Inna Slobodian; Deputy Head of the Department – Head of the Division on the Bilateral Cooperation and ...
